If they shall confess their iniquity. — Better, And they shall confess, that is, when their sufferings have reached this terrible point, the Israelites will realise and confess their iniquities and those of their fathers who have perished in these terrible punishments, on account of their sins, and who are no longer alive to confess their sins themselves. The whole description is present to the Lawgiver’s mind; hence the different degrees of the sins, the various stages of the sufferings, and the ultimate penitence of the people are described as passing before our eyes, as if exhibited in a kaleidoscope.
With their trespass which they trespassed against me. — Better, because of their trespass that they have, &c., as this phrase is rendered in the Authorised Version in Daniel 9:7.